Daily+Agendas+-+January+2013

=Daily Agendas -- January 2013=

[ 01.31.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: Open your literacy circle notes from last night's reading and be ready to discuss.
 * Compile vocab words and discussion questions (one from each team)
 * Hold literacy circle discussions for Fahrenheit 451 pg. 35-42
 * Reassign literacy circle roles and continue reading
 * Conduct NRA conferences
 * Homework: finish your current event

[ 01.30.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: Make two additional copies of the characterization organizer found on Google Drive (one for each character besides your own) so that you can take notes when the other groups share out. Name them appropriately so that you can tell each one apart (e.g. "Characterization organizer - Guy Montag").
 * Share Fahrenheit 451 characterization organizers with the class
 * Conduct literacy circle discussions -- share within groups, then with class
 * Reassign literacy circle roles
 * Homework: Read //F451// pg. 35-42 (to "...when she pulled her hand away from his face it was wet.")

[ 01.29.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Favorite //Fahrenheit// character" -- Who is your favorite character in the novel so far? Explain your choice in detail.
 * Complete and discuss characterization organizer (found on Google Drive in "RWWS Student Documents" > "Organizers") -- You may find it helpful to consult this list of character traitswhile completing your chart.
 * Teams 1 and 2: Montag
 * Teams 3 and 4: Clarisse
 * Teams 5 and 6: Mildred
 * Assign literacy circle roles as follows:
 * Summarizer -- explain the key events of the reading
 * Discussion director -- develop 3-5 thought-provoking questions based on the reading
 * Literary luminary -- identify literary devices (e.g. simile, metaphor, imagery) in the reading
 * Vocab detective -- identify and define 3-5 difficult/unusual words found in the reading
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// pg. 24-35 (to "...their mighty metal thunder!")
 * Take active reading notes on this section
 * Complete your assigned literacy circle role

[ 01.28.2013 ]

 * Introduce current events assignment
 * Share reflections about Fahrenheit 451 characters "writ[ing] the other way"
 * Homework: current event due Friday

[ 01.25.2013 ]
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 * Warm-up: Have your "other way" writing out and be ready to share
 * Share "other way" writing
 * Begin reading Fahrenheit 451 -- take notes as you go about characters who "write the other way" (or who might do so)
 * Homework:
 * Read //F451// 3-24 (up to "...he tilted his head back in the rain, for just a few moments, and opened his mouth...")
 * Write a one-page reflective response on Google Drive about the characters and/or events in the novel so far that fit with Jimenez's quote about "writ[ing] the other way." (Use your notes to help you.)
 * If you job-shadowed, fix the formatting of your thank-you letter so that it matches this example. (Additional examples are available here.) If you haven't yet written your thank-you letter, do so now; you will not be permitted to job shadow again until you have done so.

[ 01.24.2013 ]

 * DURING **SEMINAR**: If you job-shadowed, fix the formatting of your thank-you letter so that it matches this example. (Additional examples are available here.) If you haven't yet written your thank-you letter, do so now; you will not be permitted to job shadow again until you have done so.
 * Warm-up: With your team, put finishing touches on your dystopia word collage and be ready to share with the class.
 * "Writ[ing] the other way" -- Respond to the following on the paper provided. DO NOT WRITE IN THE LINES.
 * Consider this quote from Juan Ramon Jimenez (which is the epigram to //Fahrenheit 451//): "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." Interpret/explain this statement. What do you think Jimenez is saying?
 * Choose and respond to one of the following:
 * Write about a time you "wrote the other way." Describe/explain what happened, as well as your internal thoughts and emotions during and after this experience.
 * Write a brief fictional story about a person who "write[s] the other way." Include the necessary elements of plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
 * Homework: finish the second part of your "Writ[ing] the other way" prompt

[ 01.23.2013 ]

 * DURING **SEMINAR**: If you job-shadowed, fix the formatting of your thank-you letter so that it matches this example. (Additional examples are available here.) If you haven't yet written your thank-you letter, do so now; you will not be permitted to job shadow again until you have done so.
 * Warm-up:
 * Get out a blank sheet of paper and put the proper heading on it, using the assignment name "//Anthem// ch. VI-XII quiz"
 * Review for the quiz
 * Anthem ch. VI-XII quiz
 * Discuss dystopian elements in //Anthem --// What specific characteristics of this society make it an undesirable place to live?
 * Homework: none (you're welcome)

[ 01.22.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Lingering //Anthem// questions" -- What questions do you still have about the novel that you'd like to discuss? If you have none, what interesting events or ideas from the novel would you like to talk about?
 * AnthemPaideia discussion
 * Take notes (in your interactive notebook)!
 * Participate!
 * Homework: Review your notes and the text for the quiz tomorrow on chapters VI-XII (which will be very similar to our last //Anthem// quiz)

[ 01.18.2013 ]

 * Service learning day -- cleanup at Brinson Elementary and CEC
 * Homework: Anthem discussion questions #2-10 due Tuesday (one TPEEA or TPEQEA paragraph each)

[ 01.17.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Final reactions" -- What are your reactions now that you've finished the book? Are you surprised, or is it what you expected? Are you satisfied with the ending, or would you change it somehow? Explain your thoughts in detail.
 * Identify and discuss Anthemkey quotes
 * On your own, choose one quote from each of your team's assigned chapters that you think is most important and explain your choice. Put this information in the Google Doc found in your RWWS shared folder.
 * Team 1: I and II
 * Team 2: III and IV
 * Team 3: V and VI
 * Team 4: VII and VIII
 * Team 5: IX and X
 * Team 6: XI and XII
 * Share your choices and reasoning (using a round robin) with your teammates. As you do so, record your teammates' responses in your own Google Doc.
 * As a team, narrow down your options to one most important quote from each assigned chapter. You must reach a unanimous decision.
 * Share your selected quotes and reasoning with the class. As you do so, record your classmates' responses in your own Google Doc.
 * Homework: In a Google Doc, respond to //Anthem// discussion questions #2-10 using one TPEEA paragraph each (due Tuesday)

[ 01.16.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "What would you do?" -- If you were living in the world of the novel, what would you do? Would you rebel and take your chances as Equality and Liberty do, or play by the rules? Maybe something else entirely? Explain in detail.
 * Finish discussing Anthem ch. VI-X reading questions -- With your teammates, choose one question from chapters VIII-X that you would like to discuss.
 * Homework: Read //Anthem// ch. XII (i.e. finish the book)

[ 01.15.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "EOC QOTD" -- Answer today's EOC question of the day and explain your choice.
 * Complete Anthem ch. VI-X reading questionsand discuss as a class
 * In groups, share your answers for ch. VI-VIII questions using Round Robin format
 * Complete ch. IX-X questions using All Write Round Robin
 * Continue reading //Anthem//
 * Homework: read //Anthem// ch. XI

[ 01.14.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "//Anthem// predictions" -- Make one prediction about what will happen in the rest of the novel, and explain your reasoning for this prediction. (If you've already finished, explain what you think happens beyond the end of the book and explain your reasoning.)
 * Share goal statement 2.0
 * Complete and discuss Anthem ch. VI-VIII reading questions
 * Homework: read //Anthem// ch. IX-X

[ 01.11.2013 ]

 * Warm-up:
 * Get out a blank sheet of paper and put your heading on the top with the assignment name "//Anthem// ch. I-V quiz"
 * Review for the quiz on chapters I-V of //Anthem//.
 * QUIZ: Anthem ch. I-V
 * Conduct peer conferencing for goal statement 2.0
 * Continue student/teacher conferences for Neuse River Anthology checkpoint one
 * Homework:
 * Goal statement 2.0 final draft due Monday
 * Read //Anthem// ch. VI-VIII

[ 01.10.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "NRA checkpoint one plus/delta" -- Complete a plus/delta for the work you completed for the first Neuse River Anthology checkpoint. What are you pleased with, and what needs to improve? What successes did you have, and what challenges have you encountered?
 * Finish reviewing Anthem summaries
 * PWT for goal statement 2.0
 * Student/teacher conferences for Neuse River Anthology checkpoint one
 * Homework:
 * Finish goal statement 2.0 rough draft
 * //Anthem// ch. I-V quiz tomorrow
 * NRA checkpoint two due January 24 (two weeks)

[ 01.09.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Most important moment" -- What do you think has been the most important moment in //Anthem// so far? Explain your choice in detail.
 * Discuss Anthem cloze passages
 * Homework: finish Neuse River Anthology checkpoint one (listed in the Google Spreadsheet that was shared with you over break)

[ 01.08.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "EOC Question of the Day (QOTD)" -- Complete today's question on the Daily Dose of EOC blog. Choose the correct answer and explain why you made that choice.
 * Complete and discuss Anthemcloze passages (found in "RWWS student documents" folder on Google Drive)
 * Fill in the blanks on your own first
 * Compare answers with your teammates and adjust if necessary
 * Call Mr. Smith to check your work
 * Homework:
 * Finish cloze passage (if you didn't in class)
 * Complete Anthem reading questions for chapter one in a Google Doc (ignore question 3)

[ 01.07.2013 ]

 * Warm-up: "Winter Break" -- What did you do over your break? Describe in detail.
 * Read and reflect on goal statements
 * PWT for goal statement 2.0
 * Homework:
 * Neuse River Anthology checkpoint one (i.e. what was assigned to you before break) due Thursday
 * Goal statement 2.0 due Monday